Mexico 1818-Mo JJ 2 escudos
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This specimen was lot 3242 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $3,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "1818 2 escudos. Mexico City mint. MS-61 (NGC). Types as above. Highly lustrous yellow gold with some prooflike reflectivity. An exceptional Mint State specimen with a gem quality reverse. From Stack's sale of the Col. James W. Flanagan Collection, March 1944, Lot 278." All dos escudos of Mexico are scarce, the colonial issues more so, and the standard bust issues of Ferdinand VII especially so. A few dozen examples may exist of all dates (1814-20) together.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 6.76 grams, 22.40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 134, Fr-55.
- Harper, David C. [Ed.], North American Coins & Prices, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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